Harry and Nemo to be the first RI Olympic competitors<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Lifter Harry Setiawan and bantamweight Nemo
\nBahari will be the first Indonesian athletes to compete at the
\nAtlanta Olympic Games from July 19 to Aug. 4.<\/p>\n
Harry, who will compete in the 54kg category, will begin his
\nmedal campaign on July 20, one day after the Games open. On the
\nsame day, Nemo, two-time best boxer of the President Cup
\ninternational amateur boxing championships, will take on his
\nopponent at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Antara
\nreported yesterday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian male swimmer Richard Sam Bera is scheduled to
\ncompete on July 22 in the 100m freestyle category and on July 25
\nin the 50m. Also on July 22, surfer Oka Sutalaksana will compete
\nin the men's mistral event.<\/p>\n
On July 23, the beach male volleyball team of Nurmufid and
\nMarkoji and their female counterparts, Ni Putu Timi and Engel
\nBertha Kaisei, will have their turn.<\/p>\n
Also on July 23, light middleweight Hendrik Simangunsong and
\nflyweight Hermensen Ballo will try to survive the first round.
\nTheir teammate, lightweight La Paene Masara, will lock horns on
\nJuly 26.<\/p>\n
The fifth day of the Games, July 24, will see Indonesia's
\nworld No. 1 shuttlers starting in both the men's and women's
\nsingles qualifying rounds. One day later, the men's and women's
\ndoubles qualifying round will follow. The mixed doubles events
\nwill begin on July 26. The finals for all badminton events will
\nbegin on July 31.<\/p>\n
Male table tennis player Anton Suseno and his female teammate
\nRosy Dipoyanti will also start on the same day with their
\nshuttler compatriots.<\/p>\n
A day later, on July 25, Indonesia's top tennis player, Yayuk
\nBasuki, and her Federation Cup doubles partner, Romana
\nTejakusuma, will be in action.<\/p>\n
The archery event, which gave Indonesia its first-ever Olympic
\nmedal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, will see Indonesia's female
\narchery team of Nurfitriyana, Dahliana and Hamdiah beginning
\ntheir individual efforts to grab an Olympic medal. The event will
\nbegin on July 28 and last until Aug. 2. The women's archery team
\nwill try to regain the silver medal it earned in Seoul.<\/p>\n
Female long-distance runner Ethel Hudson, the only Indonesian
\nathlete scheduled to participate in the track and field contests,
\nwill appear on the Games' last day, Aug. 4.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will field a total of 39 athletes in 10 sports.
\n(arf)<\/p>",
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